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WILLIAM L. MORRIS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AUSTIN CARTRIDGECOMPANY,OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PRINTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,552, datedSeptember 23, 1902.

Application filed March 13,1899.

T all whom zit' 17mg/ concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM L. MORRIS, a

i citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Printing Devices, of which the following is a specification, theprinciple of the invention being herein explained and the best mode inwhich I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguishit from other inventions.

My invention relates to that class of printing devices used for printingupon wads used in shell-loading machines, and particularly to thatdevice shown and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 639,080,'issued December l2, 1899.

The annexed drawings and the following description set` forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting but one of various mechanical forms in which the principleof the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure I represents a front view of myimproved device. Fig. II represents a side elevation illustrating aparticular position assumed by the mechanism during its operation. Fig.III represents a partial side elevation and a partial section taken uponthe transverse vertical plane indicated by line 3 3, Fig. V,illustrating a second position of the mechanism. Fig. IV represents across-section taken uponthe plane indicated by line 4 4c in Eig. V,shoW- ing portions cut by such plane in elevation, said Fig. Vrepresenting a top plan. Fig.VI represents a View similar to that shownin Fig. III, showing the lower or base portion broken away andillustrating the mechanism in a third position assumed in its operation.Fig.VII represents a partial side elevation and a partial section takenupon the transverse vertical plane indicated by line 7 7 in Fig. V, theposition of the mechanism being the same as illustrated in FigVI.Fig.VIII represents a view similar to that shown in Fig. VII, showingthe mechanism in the position assumed as indicated in Fig. II. Eig. IXrepresents a detail section taken upon the longitndinal vertical planeindicated by line 9 9, Fig. VII, and showing parts cut by such planeSerial No. 708,802. (No model.)

in elevation; and Fig. X represents a partial cross-section of a detailof the mechanism.

The moving parts of my improved device are mounted upon a frame A,formed or provided with a suitable base or pedestal, which may besecured to a shell-loading machine, as shown and described in my saidabovenamed application.

`Below the moving parts of the mechanism and formed in or suitablysecured to the stationary frame of the machine is a Wad-strip guide A',open above, the lower inner sur face a being fiat and forming a supportfor the`wad-strip while being impressed by the type, as shown in Fig.III.

In the upper portion ofthe frame is formed a longitudinally-cylindricalbore a', forming a bearing for an oscillatory head B, which forms asupport for a type-carrier C, which is mounted upon said head insuitable guides c, forming slide-bearings for said carrier, as shown inFigs. II and VI.

The head B is provided with a segmental slot b, Figs. III and IV, intowhich projects a pin a2, secured to the frame A.

Journaled upon a wrist-pin c', secured to a rearwardly-projectingextension c2, formed upon the type-carrier C, Figs. II and III, is anoperating-arm D,wl1ich reciprocated by suitable mechanism effects theoscillation of the loscillatory head and the reciprocation of thetype-carrier in a manner hereinafter described. The axis of thewrist-pin is located eccentrically with reference to a planeperpendiculaito the plane of oscillation of the carrier or the head Band containing a line passing through the center of oscillation andparallel with the direction of the reciprocal movement of said carrier.By the plane of oscillation I mean the plane containing the arc of acircle described bya given fixed point in the head.

The type E are secured by suitable means to that end of the type-carrieradjacent to the wad-strip support and in a manner such that theprinting-surface ot' said type is parallel with the wad-strip support orthe surface of the wad-strip in the guide when the pin a2 engages theend of the slot b toward the front of the machine, as shown in Eig. IIIin dotted lines.

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An adjusting-screw C passes through a rearward extension c3 at the upperend of the type-carrier and determines the end of the reciprocatingstroke toward the wad-strip by engaging a shoulder b' on the oscillatoryhead, as shown in Fig. III.

The amount of retraction of the type-carrying slide from the wad-stripsupport is limited by a projection, such as the head of a screw b2, Fig.IV, which may engage the lower surface c4 of a slot C2, formed in thetype-carrier. Upon the upper end of said carrier is secured alaterally-extending arm C3, which may be moved in a plane transverse tothe carrier-axis and its angular position in such Yplane fixed as bymeans of a set-screw o8, en-

gaging a threaded pivot, as shown in Fig. IV. To the free end of saidarm is secured one end of a helical spring F, whose opposite end issecured to a rearwardly-located post f, (shown in Fig. IV,) so that saidspring extends angularly toward the back ot the niachine with referenceto the carrier-axis, as shown in Fig. III, when said carrier is in itsprinting position-that is, when the typesur face is parallel with thewad-strip surface.

The guides c are of a length such that the endof the carrier projectstherefrom, permitting a portion of the lower rear surface c5 to be freefrom contact therewith during the reciprocation of said carrier.

Upon a spindle G', secured in the forward part of a rearwardlyextendingportion or inker-frame A2 of the machine-frame and front portion of theinker-frame, is journaled a guideroll G, Fig. IX, of a diameter suchthat its peripheral surface engages said typecarrier surface c5 whensaid carrier is in its printing position and at an intermediate portionof either reciprocal stroke.

The portion c(i of the face c7, Fig. IV, of the carrier, in which aresecured the type, and adjacent transversely of the machine t0 theguide-roll surface is given a form corresponding with the type-surface.In said face c7 ot' the carrier, located adjacent longitudinally of themachine to the surface c6, is secured a segment H of a gear, the teethof which are designed to mesh with a pinion J, mounted upon the spindleG adjacent to the guide-roll, preferably loosely mounted upon a sleeveformed upon the roller G. Upon a thiinble journaled upon said spindle issecured an inker-roll K, composed of gelatin or other similar material.

The location of the cylindrical surface c6 relatively to thetype-surface is such that said type-surface will contact thegelatin-roll surface when the surface c6 contacts the periphery ofguide-roll, the relationship of the segment H to said surface c6 beingsuch that the segment-teeth will properly mesh with the teeth of thepinion J during such contact between said surface and the guide-roll,Whereby the segment-teeth are prevented from jamming or otherwiseimproperly engaging the pinion-teeth.

ricetta The distance between a plane perpendicu# lar to the direction ofmovement of the typecarrier and passing through the points upon thatportion of the periphery of the screw h2 which contacts the lowersurface of slot C2 and a plane parallel thereto and tangent to theperiphery of the gelatin roll K is made greater than that between theplane of said lower slot-surface and parallel with said firstnamed planeand the plane of the type, whereby it is seen that the carrier may bedrawn up so that said type may escape contact with said gelatin rollupon the rot-ation of said carrier.

The inking device constitutes a part of my invention, for which I havemade separate application for 'United States Letters Patent tiledDecember 9,- 1899, Serial No. 739,738, and which consists, statedbriefly, of a series of inker-rolls communicating with an ink-` well, bymeans of which the ink in such Well is transferred to said roll K, saidrolls being operatively connected by means of a series of gears M N Oand the aforementioned gear J. In the vicinity of one of the gears O',as illustrated in Figs. VI and X, is located a spring-actuatedlocking-pin P, whose end projects between the gear-teeth spaces. Thesaid end is so formed and the spring is of such a strength that on` therotation of the gear O' it will cause the pin to be pressed ,frombetween the two teeth engaged by it and engage succeeding adjacentteeth, thereby punctuating the rotation of the rollers.

The operation of the mechanism vis as fol lows: The operating-arm issecured at its upper end to means suitable for reciprocating its lowerend attached to the type-carrier. Beginning with the mechanism in theposition shown in Figs. I and III,the upward stroke of the operating-armcauses the type-carrier to execute the upward stroke of'its reciprocalmovement, the rear lower surface of said carrier bearing against theguideroll,as shown in said Fig. III. During that part of said upwardstroke in which the rear carrier-surface contacts the guide-roll G thereis constant tendency on the part of the head to rotate upon its axis,such tendency being the result of the eccentric location of the attachedend of the operating-arm. This tendency is, however, counteracted by thecon tact of the guide-roller during the time of such contact. As will besubsequently seen, however, it is necessary to draw said carriageupwardly to a point such that it will become disengaged from theguideroller. Upon such disengagement it is n'ecessary to provide meansfor preventing rotation of the head, which would occur immediately uponsuch disengagement were such means not provided. To prevent suchrotation at such time, a screw Q, Fig. III, is provided, which projectsagainst the bearing-su rface of said head 0c, as shown in dotted lines,and which may be caused to exert frictional resistance to prevent suchrotation until the carriage has been drawn to the extreme up- ICO perlimit of its stroke.` The oscillatory stroke of the head andtype-carrier continues to a pointatwhich thetype-surface has completelypassed the inker-roll surface, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. VII.During the combined reciprocal and oscillatory movement ot' thetype-carrier `the spring F has been caused to elongate and at the end ofthe above-described rotary stroke exerts a force upon the said carriersubstantially in the direction of the carrier-axis. On the returnmovement of the operating-arm D a reciprocating stroke `on the part ofsaid carrier will therefore take same time causing the pitch-lines ofthe pinion .I and the segment to become tangent to each other. Suchlast-described rotation continues until rear contact-surfacec5 of thetypecarrier becomes tangent to the guide-roll G i and the carrier isadvanced toward the wadstrip support and the type are impressed upon thewadstrip A3. The pin a? engages the end of the segmental slot at thispoint and prevents continued oscillatory movement of the i head, whichwould result during the impression of type upon the strip, and therebydisplace the strip and cause a variation of the distance between successiveim pressions upon said strip. The action above described is thenrepeated, reciprocation of the carrier being combined with oscillationthereof, a reciprocaing stroke preceding each oscillatory stroke, theink-rolls being rotated intermittently, such rotationv always takingplace on the return oscillating stroke, and hence being always in thesame direction, The locking-pin causes each tooth to occupy the exactlocation occupied by its predecessor in the preceding position of thepinion J, so that said pin having been adjusted so as to assure thecorrect meshing of the segmental and pinion teeth such correct meshingalways follows.

Any suitable means may be employed for intermittently feeding thewad-strip through the wad-guide, one such means being de scribed andclaimed in the above-mentioned Letters Patent No. 639,080.

I claim as my inventionl. In a printing device, the combination of anoscillatory support,a type-carrier slidably mounted upon saidoscillatory support, means forimparting an oscillatory movement to saidsupport, and a reciprocating movement to said carrier, and means forcausing apartial reciprocating stroke in one direction prior to thereturn oscillatory stroke, whereby the position of the carrier relativeto said support will be different during the two oscillatory strokes.

2. In a printing device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted on said support, means for reciprocatingsaid carrier, means for oscillating said support intermittentlyintermediate the reciprocating movements, a partial reciprocate ingmovement in one direction being provided prior to the return oscillatorystroke, and means for preventing oscillation during the initial andfinal strokes of the reciprocating` movement of said carrier, wherebythe position ofthe carrier relative to said support will bedilferentduring the two oscillatory strokes.

3. In a printing device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, means for oscillatingsaid support and carrier, means for imparting a sliding movement in onedirection prior to one oscillatory stroke, and means for imparting asliding movement of a length less than the full reciprocating movementand in the opposite direction prior to the opposite oscillatory stroke,whereby the position of the carrier relative to said support will bedifferent during the two oscillatory strokes.

4. In a printing device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, means for oscillatingsaid support and carrier, means for imparting a sliding movement in onedirection prior to one oscillatory stroke, and independent means forimparting a sliding movement only in the opposite direction prior to theopposite oscillatory stroke.

5. Ina printing device, the combination of a type-carrier capable ofoscillation, means for effecting such oscillation, means for imparting asliding movement to said carrier prior to one oscillatory stroke, and aspring adapted to impart to said carrier a movement in a directionopposite to that of said sliding movement, substantially as set forth.

(i. In a printing device, the combination of a type-carrier capable ofoscillatory and reciprocal movement, means for effecting suchoscillation, means for imparting a sliding movement to said carrierprior to one oscillatory stroke of said carrier, and a spring forimparting a sliding movement to said carrier prior to the otheroscillatory stroke, substantially as set forth.

7. In a printing device, the combination of a type-carrier suitablymounted and capable of an oscillatory and reciprocal movement, a guideadapted to contact said carrier whereby onereciprocating stroke may beeffected, said guide located in a manner such that it may be disengagedfrom said carrier, and an actuating-arm journaled upon said carriereccentrically whereby reciprocation of said carrier may be effectedduring such contact and oscillation of same effected during suchdisengagement, substantially as set forth.

8. In a printing device, the combination of IOO TIO

a type-carrier suitably mounted and capable of an oscillatory and areciprocating movement, means for eecting such movement and a roller forengaging said carrier and adapted to prevent oscillation during onereciprocal movement thereof, substantially as set forth.

9. In a printing device, the combination of a support, a type-carriersuitably mounted upon said support and capable of a reciproeatingmovement, means for oscillating said support and reciprocating saidcarrier, and a roller for engaging said carrier and adapted to preventoscillation of said supportduring one reciprocal movement of saidcarrier, substantially as set forth.

10. In a printing device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, means tending to rotatesaid carrier, a guide-roller for engaging the latter, and means forWithdrawing same from contact with said roller, whereby said rotatingmeans are rendered operative, substantially as set forth.

11. In a printing device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, driving means journaledwithout the axial plane perpendicular to said carrier, a `guide-rollerfor engaging said carrier, the latter adapted to be Withdrawn fromcontact with said roller by said driving means, whereby the carrier maybe rotated, substantially as set forth.

12; In aprinting device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, means for imparting anoscillatory and a reciprocating movement to said carrier, type carriedthereby, and relatively stationary inking means located in the path ofmovement of the type and adapted to ink the same during but one of theoscillatory movements of the carrier, said type being out of contactwith the inking means during the opposite oscillatory stroke.

13. In a printing device, the combination of an oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, means for oscillatingsaid carrier, an ink-roller, and means for rotating said roller duringone stroke of the oscillatory movement of the said carrier, said meansbeing inoperative during the other oscillatory stroke, substantially asset forth.

14. In a printing device, the combination of au oscillatory support, atype-carrier slidably mounted upon said support, driving means'journaled Without the axial plane perpendicular to said carrier, aguide-roller for engaging said carrier, the latter adapted to beWithdrawn from contact with said roller by said driving means, wherebysaid carrier may be rotated, and means for limiting such rotation,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 4th day of March, 1899.

WILLIAM L. MORRIS.

Attest:

D. T. DAvIEs, A. E. MERKEL.

